TweakVista is available for free as a public beta, but it expires in October. The final version will cost $20, but one nice thing about running pre-release software like this is that any settings you make before October will hold up after your software expires.
Another nice thing about TweakVista is that not only does it prompt you to create a system restore point before running it for the first time, you can create that restore point by clicking a button within the program itself.
Okay, so what can TweakVista do for you? Here are a few of the tweaks included:
- Choose what Windows services run in the background
- Choose what programs run on startup
- Examine details about your computer's startup, shutdown, sleep, and resume performance
- Adjust your User Account Control settings (including a setting that enables UAC, but removes all elevation prompts)
- Configure your display settings, including turning Aero on and off, turning Flip 3D on and off, etc...
- Examine and configure advanced power settings
- Choose what options show up in the context menu when you click on files or folders
[via CyberNet]
Edit: In addition to the $20 full version, there will be a free version of TweakVista available upon release, with a limited feature set.
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6-22-2007 @ 1:16PM
Justin said...
Just click on the picture in the post then click download on the page it takes you to. I had it on my desktop faster then I could say kabookie.
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6-22-2007 @ 2:11PM
Brad Linder said...
Noted, thanks Scott!
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6-22-2007 @ 2:27PM
Scott said...
It should be noted that the final version will have a free version as well as a premium version with advanced features.
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6-25-2007 @ 8:00AM
aodhan51 said...
I'd be glad to download it if they could give you a way to do it. Their website is nothing but circuitus clicks.
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